we begin with katie millson who has been live. katie, you've seen this whole thing unfold in front of your eyes. >>reporter: liz, this has been probably one of the most terrifying fires because of the extent of the fire and how it spread through a densely packed city. if you look behind me, we're here in the sunset vista neighborhood just above mendoseno avenue. as you can see there's one home left standing. we were talking with the man, clayton who was a volunteer firefighter down in santa cruz who saved that home. but everything else here is nothing but foundation. those small fires you're still seeing, burning in the foundations and rubble of what's left of these homes here, generally are coming from the gas mains that have not been shut off. and that's fuelling those flames. and all that's left here are the rocks that were decorative walls in front of the homes, the metal frames that held up the decorative entrances. we came up to this neighborhood about an hour ago, before that we were down at the hilton sonoma wine country ho